Dean Back says Korea peace talks unlikely to resume
Special Ambassador Arthur H. Dean, fresh from Panmunjom, told reporters in Washington he is quite sure hostilities will not be renewed. He praised four constructive outcomes and said a time and place for peace talks has been set with Syngman Rhee backing free elections in Korea.
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Washington
Arthur H. Dean
Korea
Dean
United States
Eisenhower
Dulles
Reds
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
North
Merck Strike Talks Fail at Rahway Plant
Negotiators from Merck and Co and union leaders failed to end the strike at two bound plants in Rahway New Jersey. Production has been idled for nearly four weeks as talks stalled with no settlement in sight.
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Merck
Rahway
N. J
Merck and Co
Study Ways Of Reaching Fearful Men
PANMUN,JIOM December 18 Allied officers study methods to tell their story to 22 American 1 British 77 South Korean converts to communism not interviewed. A Korean quitter said four Americans and 20 Koreans wanted to go home but were knife held. Neutral Nations Repatriation commission delayed protest translation, delaying explanations until Monday, then Tuesday. Kim Mun Du, who escaped, said fear of knife attack kept prisoners from returning home, though a Peiping radio claimed he walked out. U N officers remained skeptical of Kim’s escape account.
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Panmun
JIOM
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Kim Mun du
Peiping Red
Kim
U. N
Post Office to Stay Open Tonight for Evening Mail
Post master Oscar F. Sutliffe announces the post office will stay open until six p.m. tonight to help those unable to come during regular hours. More than 40,000 pieces were canceled Thursday, bringing weekly totals to about 150,000. six mailing days remain until Christmas. If you want them delivered, get them in.
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Oscar F. Sutliffe
Rotary Club Christmas Music Today at Hotel Ferner
The Somerset Rotary club hosts a Christmas music program at noon today in the Hotel Ferner. The Union-street school chorus of sixth and seventh graders directed by Miss Mildred Southern will perform Christmas carols.
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Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner
Union — Street School
Mildred Southern
Assistance Coming for Fitzgeralds After House Fire
The Fitzgerald family burned out Wednesday received a refrigerator a congoleum rug and clothing from Somerset merchants. Bedding is most needed sheets and blankets. donations can be brought to the Somerset American office for a house arrangement. Sizes for each child and Mrs Fitzgerald are listed to guide donors. Toys are also requested for the children and may be left at the Somerset American office for Christmas delivery.
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Somerset
Fitzgerald
Somerset American Office
Fitzgeralds
Patty
Buzz
Nancy
Bonnie
Jerry
Jimmy
Somerset American
Wage Tax Nearing Reality in Pittsburgh Budget Fight
City council moves toward a wage tax to balance Pittsburgh's 1954 budget. Mayor David L. Lawrence says earned income tax is needed, after re-enacting a 62 mill real estate tax and 16 million building taxes to cover a five million dollar revenue shortfall.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Bennett Rogers
Pittsburgh Area
The
American Society For Public Administration
Laawrence
Lawrence
Pen Elec honors long-serving meter reader Dickey
Harry N. Dickey of West Race Street completed 30 years with Pennsylvania Electric. He serves as chief meter reader B in the Somerset district and is highlighted in Penelec's employee magazine Today. George M. Browning of Oakland Maryland, repairman at Deep Creek generating station, was cited for 10 years.
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Harry N. Dickey
West Race Street
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Somerset
Dickey
Penelec
George M. Browning
Oakland
Deep Creek
Windber Post Office Breaks Records With Holiday Rush
Windber post office receipts are ten percent higher than a year ago per postmaster C. W. Baumgardner. Twelve employees were added last Saturday to cope with the pre Christmas rush, with about 15 more to be added this week.
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Windber P.O
Windber
C. W. Baumgardner
Mass Picketing in Pittsburgh Yields 10 Arrests
Ten people including Thomas L. Fagan president of Local 249 AFL General Workers Union were arrested for disorderly conduct during a mass picketing in front of Gimbels. Police moved pickets to reopen store entrances as affray concerns rose amid department store strikes.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
James Slusser
Gimbel’s
Thomas L. Fagan
Daniel Shussett
Fagan
Shussett
Gimbel's
Teamsters Union
Horne's
Kaufmann's
Frank & Seders
Rosenbaum’s
Coldest Spell Grips Pennsylvania With Subzero Temps
Pennsylvanians faced the coldest spell of winter as many areas dropped below zero. Kane logged minus seven degrees. A snowstorm lingered in McKean county, closing roads and burying rural routes under deep drifts.
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Associated Press
Somerset Music Club Caroling Despite Cold Night
Members of the Somerset Music club caroled Thursday night in a four part program titled Carols from Many Lands. They performed at the Somerset Community hospital the county home and the state hospital with Mrs Emil Anderson as chair and Mrs Eda Crist as narrator.
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Somerset Music Club
Emil Anderson
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset County
Somerset State Hospital
Christ
Ruth Dice
Mary
Taby
Eda Crist
Anderson
Crist
Maria Schrock
Lorena Mazer
Nancy Knepper
Audine Thompson
Joyce Buehlman
Lois Traup
Helen Walker
Martha Coleman
Father Caroling
Christian Church
Reformed Chapel
Choi
French Open Voting for President in First Ballot
Paris reports a seven year presidential term vote as 14 senators and deputies compete at the Versailles palace. Vincent Auriol could return but prefers to retire. Marcel Naegelen leads the first ballot, opposing an American backed European army plan and showing lukewarm ties to the United States.
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Harvey Hudson
Versailles
France
Vincent Auriol
Mircel Naegelen
Algeria
Naegelen
United States
Two Trucks Crash On Route 160 Near Reels Corner
Two trucks were damaged in a Thursday morning collision on Route 160, about 1.5 miles south of Reels Corner in Stonycreek township. Grover Miller of Berlin skidded on the slippery road and struck gasoline truck driver Guy Diehl, who was turning into a farmer’s lane. Neither driver was injured.
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Reels Corner
Stonycreek
Grover Miller
Berlin
Guy Diehl
Diehl
Miller
Killers of Six Year Old Are Executed
The Greenlease kidnap killers Carl Austin Hall and Mrs Bonnie Brown Heady were executed at Missouri State Prison just after midnight. They faced the gas chamber for the 1954 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease with a final meal shared and no appeals filed.
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Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
Robert C. Greenlease
Hall
Roy K. Dietrich
Kansas City
Dietrich
Heady
Thomas Whitecotton
State Department of Corrections
Mrs. Heady
Whitecotton
Little Bobby
Sesqui Committee to Meet This Evening
A meeting of the Somerset Sesqui Centen nial committee is set for 7 29 p m today in the courthouse Judge Thomas F Lansberry the general chairman says plans for the 1954 celebration will be unveiled in committee reports The event will mark the 140th anniversary of Somerset borough chartering next year
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The
Somerset Sesqui-Centennial Association
Court House
Thomas F. Lansberry
Somerset
Churchill forecasts four power talks on Russian security
Winston Churchill urged the House of Commons that the four power foreign ministers meeting in Berlin could give Russia security assurances beyond force. He backed Eisenhower's world atomic pool proposal and urged calm to ease global tension amid debates over Bermuda, Suez, and McCarthy-Bevanite strains.
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Hitler
House of Commons
Terimida
Churchill
Berlin
Bermuda
Washington
State Department
Henry Suydam
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Suez Canal Zone
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Aneurin Bevan
British Labor Party
Eisenhower maps GOP program intents for new Congress
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders concluded their first conference round outlining a program for the January opening. He pressed for further budget reduction and a productive, nationwide agenda covering the budget, defense, foreign operations, overseas voting, housing, labor law amendments, and unemployment insurance.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Eisenhower
Fisenhower
Congress
Weather Outlook for Eastern Pennsylvania Frigid Friday Snow
Cloudy and cold with a few snow flurries Friday in Eastern Pennsylvania. Highs range from the 20s to mid 70s, with Saturday mostly cloudy and a slight warming, rain or snow possible at night.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Report for Somenset Area by David Grove
Daily temperature summary for 24 hours ending 5 30 PM Thursday reports maximum and minimum values with snowfall noted. Observations list prior year figures for comparison and reference.
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David Grove
U.S. Weather Observer
Weather Elsewhere Temperatures Across Major Cities
The U S weather service reports Thursday December 17 highs and lows for several cities with mixed readings. Chicago and Cleveland show cooler values while Miami and New York trend warmer. Other cities including Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Washington display moderate to cool conditions.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Cleveland
Salantetna
St. Lath
Cecsercevseesesoccevers Eer Eee
BORON
Cscsresie
Jacksonvigs
Ede Cole
Miami S.cae
Ranihuliod
Bae
New York
Souk
Caioaosi
Philadelphia Asinine Nee
Pittsburgh
Washington
Dover Aircinercovr
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Barney Bowlin
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Yancey
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E. Church St. Somerset
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S. Center Ave
Walker’s Supreme Ice Cream
Your Walker Co
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Route 160
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Radio Today
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By Larry Hall and
al Dopking
Sesqui
America
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William G. Baltzer & Son
Shanksville, Pa
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Union St. Somerset, Pa
Philip Clarke
London
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
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